- UCLA M.S. Computer Science
- Android Developer
- Freelance IT
or, thoughts from a random graduate student
I have a Mac.
Actually, I've had a 2nd generation Macbook for about 2 weeks now. A friend recently upgraded to a brand new 13.3" Macbook Pro, so I got his old machine for cheap. The nice thing about Mac hardware is that you can (legally) run OS X on it, which is what I'm now doing, and I have to say, I'm almost used to most of it already. There really isn't anything specific I can put my finger on though, especially since I haven't really used OS X in any serious capacity since high school, but I suppose the thing that bugs me the most is that it just feels like there should be some kind of package management software, except there isn't. MacPorts and a few others can make that up, but it's not the same as a deeply integrated system found on Linux. Other than that one point, everything else is has just required I get used to things, like having to use the Option key instead of Ctrl in some circumstances while using the Cmd key in others.
This post actually brings to mind the "so what do you use? Windows or Mac?" question I always seem to get asked when I'm out doing IT work, in that people really seem to expect some kind of advocacy for one OS over another. This I never really got, as in the end, OS X is just another operating system, and when it really comes down to things, it lets me get things done just as well as any other OS I've seen so far, which is exactly why I answer, "All of them."
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